| Literature DB >> 20516123 |
Carla Milagre1, Nathalie Dhomen, Felipe C Geyer, Robert Hayward, Maryou Lambros, Jorge S Reis-Filho, Richard Marais.
Abstract
The small G-protein NRAS is mutated in 22% of human melanomas, whereas the related proteins KRAS and HRAS are mutated in only 2% and 1% of melanomas, respectively. We have developed a mouse model of melanoma in which Cre recombinase/LoxP technology is used to drive inducible expression of (G12V)KRAS in the melanocytic lineage. The mice develop skin hyperpigmentation, nevi, and tumors that bear many of the cardinal histopathology features and molecular characteristics of human melanoma. These tumors invade and destroy the underlying muscles and cells derived from them can grow as subcutaneous tumors and colonize the lungs of nude mice. These data establish that oncogenic KRAS can be a founder event in melanomagenesis. Copyright 2010 AACR.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20516123 PMCID: PMC2896549 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4254
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Res ISSN: 0008-5472 Impact factor: 12.701